The Corpus: Easington 09

Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Easington 09, Yorkshire North Riding

Overview

Object type: Fragment [1]

Measurements: L. 28 cm (11 in) W. 15.2 cm (6 in) D. 25.4 cm (10 in)

Stone type: As Easington 1 (All Saints), except that the stone colour is brownish yellow (10YR 6/6).

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 187

Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 106

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Present Location

In boiler room below north aisle

Evidence for Discovery

See Easington 1 (All Saints)

Church Dedication

All Saints

Present Condition

Carved on one surface; worn and broken

Description

What may be a narrow edge moulding survives on the right. Within the broken panel is a three-cord twist in median-incised modelled strand, with a slightly convex terminal. The curves are very angular.

Discussion

Possibly a shaft fragment from the Anglo-Scandinavian period.

Date

Late ninth to mid tenth century

References

Collingwood 1907, 316, fig. a on 317; Collingwood 1912, 124

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Easington stones: Fowler 1887–9, 411; Bulmer 1890, 920; Cox 1891, 106; Allen 1895, 148; Morris, J. 1904, 147, 420; Collingwood 1908, 120; Page, W. 1923, 342 fn.; Morris, J. 1931, 148, 417; Mee 1941, 75; Pevsner 1966, 148–9; Brown, M. 1979, 41; Lang 1984a, 88; Daniels 1995, 81.